# Hospital records show that of patients suffering from a certain disease, 75% die of it.

What is the probability that of 6 randomly selected patients, 4 will recover? Here, n = 6 and x = 4. Let p = 0.25 (success - i.e. they live), q = 0.75 (failure, i.e. they die). # A (blindfolded) marksman finds that on the average he hits the target 4 times out of 5. If he fires 4 shots, what is the probability of (a) more than 2 hits? (b) at least 3 misses? Here, n = 4, p = 0.8, q = 0.2. Let X = number of hits. (b) 3 misses means 1 hit, and 4 misses means 0 hits. P(X)=P(x1)+P(x0)

# A manufacturer of metal pistons finds that on the average, 12% of his pistons are rejected because they are either oversize or undersize. What is the probability that a batch of 10 pistons will contain (a) no more than 2 rejects? (b) at least 2 rejects? Let X = number of rejected pistons (In this case, "success" means rejection!) Here, n = 10, p = 0.12, q = 0.88. # If a person receives an A in Intermediate Algebra, the probability of that person getting an A in Statistics is 0.4. If 4 people pass Intermediate Algebra with an A, find the probability of exactly 2 getting an A in Statistics. Success: Getting an A in Statistics. Failure: Not getting an A in Statistics # A baseball team is having a 10 game homestand. If the probability that they win a game at home is 0.6, find the probability that they win between 5 and 8 games on this homestand.

If a pair of dice are rolled, the probability that the sum will be 8 or 9 is 0.25. If the dice are rolled 10 times find the probability that 2 or 3 rolls will be an 8 or a 9.

Poisson A life insurance salesman sells on the average 3 life insurance policies per week. Use Poisson's law to calculate the probability that in a given week he will sell a. Some policies b. 2 or more policies but less than 5 policies. c. Assuming that there are 5 working days per week, what is the probability that in a given day he will sell one policy? Here, = 3 (a) "Some policies" means "1 or more policies". We can work this out by finding 1 minus the "zero policies" probability: P(X > 0) = 1 P(x0) Now P(X)=exx! so P(x0)=e3300!=4.9787102 Therefore the probability of 1 or more policies is given by: Probability=P(X0)=1P(x0)=14.97871010=0.95021 (b) The probability of selling 2 or more, but less than 5 policies is: P(2X<5)=P(x2)+P(x3)+P(x4)=e3322!+e3333!+e3344!=0.61611 (c) Average number of policies sold per day: 35=0.6 So on a given day, P(X)=e0.6(0.6)11!=0.32929